The grandson and son of racing legends, Andretti is in the top three in points in the IZOD IndyCar Series. He's run well, very well in 2013, but there is a huge elephant in the room — no victories to show for it.

Andretti's third career victory and first since 2011 could come today with what is expected to be a pro-Andretti fan base for the Pocono IndyCar 400 at Pocono Raceway.

A victory couldn't come soon enough for Andretti, who admits his team's performance hasn't been up to par the last three races. He's slipped from second to third in points, 55 behind points leader Helio Castroneves.

A win today — the first victory of the season — would be a big lift to the team.

"It would be huge," Andretti said of a potential victory. "That's what we've been trying to achieve every weekend so far. We've just been coming up short."

Coming up short isn't an option when your grandfather is Mario Andretti, the only person to win the Daytona 500 (1967), the Indianapolis 500 (1969) and Formula One titles.

Marco's father, Michael Andretti, is a three-time IndyCar champion and in 1991 won the CART IndyCar Series title by winning eight of the 17 races that year. Michael's only blemish of his illustrious career is never winning the Indianapolis 500 despite being close many times. Michael holds the record for leading the most laps at Indy (431), but never winning the race.

Marco Andretti would like to end a winless drought of his own. He's had some bad luck, too. After winning the pole at the Milwaukee Mile, an electrical problem ended his day early. He finished 20th and dropped to third in the points.

At the Iowa Corn Indy 250, Andretti finished ninth and did not lead a lap.

Today is Andretti's chance to get back in the championship hunt, and he'll have the hometown crowd behind him.

"There's going to be a lot of support," said Andretti, whose family is from Nazareth and Bethlehem. "The support helps, but what matters is what happens on track. I think we have a great car, but we need to execute properly, which honestly I don't think we've been doing the last three races."

Helping Marco during testing leading up to today's race has been his grandfather. The pair have been at Pocono for two tests prior to race weekend.

If there is ever a person to bounce off ideas, it's Mario Andretti. Andretti won at Pocono Raceway in 1986 before the series dropped the 2.5-mile triangle in 1989.

After a 24-year hiatus from the track, the next generation has returned to tackle a newly repaved triangle. Mario Andretti tweeted after testing last week that his grandson had averaged over 218 mph.

"He's always there to bounce whatever I have going on off him," Marco said.